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pre·var·i·ca·tor    Audio Help   [pri-var-i-key-ter] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who speaks falsely; liar.
2.a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L praevāricātor; see prevaricate, -tor]
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pre·var·i·cate    Audio Help   (prĭ-vār'ĭ-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie2.


[Latin praevāricārī, praevāricāt- : prae-, pre- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vāricus, straddling, from vārus, bent).]

pre·var'i·ca'tion n., pre·var'i·ca'tor n.
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prevaricator

noun
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar] [ant: square shooter

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Prevaricator

Pre*var"i*ca`tor\, n. [L. praevaricator: cf. F. pr['e]varicateur.]

1. One who prevaricates.

2. (Roman Law) A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.

3. One who betrays or abuses a trust. --Prynne.
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